Installation Guide
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FOR USE WITH SOLID COAL FUEL ONLY.
Chestnut, egg stove or nut-sized coal for residential furnaces or any of the specialty packaged replace coals
(not wax-type “Coal Bricks”) can be used. Low ash content (2% to 6%) coal is recommended.
LIGHTING
1. Open ue draft damper fully to provide maximum draft.
2. Remove lid(s) and place several wads of crushed paper in the rebox.
3. Lay small stacks of kindling on the paper to start the re.
4. Light the paper and kindling and replace the lid(s). Make sure they are seated properly. Keep ash door
closed when stove is in use.
5. Add fuel after re is burning briskly. Use care not to smother the kindling re when adding fuel. Replace the
lid(s) and make sure they are seated rmly.
6. Adjust the draft damper and spin draft control. The more closed the spin draft is set, the lower and slower the
re will burn. The more open, the faster and hotter the re will burn. Do not over-re the stove.
7. NEVER build extremely large res in this type of stove as damage to the stove or smoking may result. If you
have too much draft, then regulate the draft with the 6˝ stove pipe damper.
8. DO NOT TOUCH – SEVERE BURNS MAY RESULT! After ring DO NOT TOUCH STOVE until it has cooled.
9. Replace lid(s) and make sure they are seated properly..
10. This is a cast iron stove. It does NOT have welded seams. From time to time you may need to “tune-up” the
stove by relling and/or replacing the stove cement/ mortar along the seams.
CAUTION: House Fire Hazards
• Gasses emitted from freshly added coal must be burned or they will accumulate and explode. Never
smother a re when adding fresh coal.
• Never use manufactured “coal bricks” made of coal dust and wax-type binder.
• Do not store coal on oor protector, underneath stove pipe or anywhere within minimum clearances from
combustible surfaces specied for this stove. (36”)
• Over ring may cause a house re. You are over ring if the stove or chimney connector glows red.
• Build res only on integral grate included with the stove.
WARNING: Explosion Hazard
• Never use chemicals, gasoline, gasoline- type lantern fuel, kerosene, naphtha, charcoal lighter uid, or
similar ammable liquids to start or “freshen-up” a re in the stove.
• Keep all ammable liquids, especially gasoline, out of the vicinity of the stove — whether in use or in
storage.
Operating Safety Precautions
1. Stove is hot while in operation. Keep children, clothing, and furniture away from hot stove. Contact may
cause skin burns. Do not touch the stove after ring until it has cooled.
2. Never over re this stove by building excessively hot res as a house/ building re may result. You are over
ring the stove if stove or stove pipe begins to glow or turn red.
3. Never build extremely large res in this type of stove as damage to the stove or smoke leakage may result.
4. Provide air into the room for proper combustion.
5. Inspect stove-pipe every 60 days. Replace immediately if stove-pipe is rusting or leaking smoke into the
room.
NOTICE: Use solid coal materials only. For best results when burning coal, use solid, bituminous coal. Never use
manufactured coal “bricks” made of coal dust and wax-type binder. Store coal in dry, well ventilated area.
Do not burn garbage, charcoal or ammable liquids such as gasoline, naphtha or engine oil.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS